Dec 25, 2009

The Affluent Society | Characters

Henry Charles Carey
Henry Charles Carey (1793–1879) was an American economist and sociologist, who is considered to be the founder of the American school of economics. His major works include: Essay on the Rate of Wages (1835), Principles of Political Economy (1837–1840), Principles of Social Science (1858–1860), and The Unity of Law (1872). Galbraith refers to Carey as one of the three ‘‘distinctly American...